Browse Items (18351 total)

foundations of Roman villa

foundations of Roman villa

Close up of floor tesserae

foundations of Roman villa

Six photographs
Top row l-r An ornately carved empty frame. The interior of an unknown church.
Middle row l-r Photograph showing the ornately carved side panel of a large chair. Back of chair, also beautifully carved.
Bottom row l-r Front…

View of Oldtown Bay on St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.
Bottom left hand side is marked Gibson, Scilly

Photograph of Pulpit Rock on St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. (Possibly a Gibson photograph as included among some others of the Isles of Scilly)

View of the Palm Avenue in the gardens of Tresco, Isles of Scilly. This is a Gibson photograph.

On the back is written:
"View from the front of the house
spoilt by smoke from burning wood and bad photography!
(To show fishing boat in the bay)"

Bamboo and tree fern

Tree fern

The entrance to the Tresco Abbey Gardens on the Isles of Scilly, showing part of the Valhalla collection of figureheads from vessels wrecked on and around the islands. Gibson Penzance is printed on the bottom right hand corner.